Former Inspector General of Police David Asante-Appeatu has dropped the defamation suit he launched against Assin North Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong and television presenter Justice Kwaku Annan.
Mr. Asante-Apeautu has filed a lawsuit against the two ( Kennedy Agyapong and Kwaku Annan ) for statements they made about him on Net 2 television’s ‘The Seat’ discussion program.
In a summons dated July 2, the former police chief claimed that on June 16, this year, during the course of his show, which is aired in Twi and English, the defendant made a defamatory comment against him.
Mr. Asante-Apeatu claims that Mr. Kweku Annan’s statements “meant and were understood to mean that;
(i) The plaintiff was and is a fence for notorious criminals both in Ghana and Nigeria.
(ii) The plaintiff harbours criminals.
(iii) The plaintiff is a criminal who has been working in cahoots with hardened international criminals to unleash terror on Ghanaians.
(iv) The plaintiff is/was on the payroll of top criminals in Ghana and as such slept on his duty as IGP and he refused/neglected to cause the arrest and prosecution of the criminals.”
Mr. Asante-Apeatu told the court, “he has been inundated with numerous calls from professional associates, journalists, social relations and friends and outright strangers and he has to answer very mortifying questions.”
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SOURCE: 3NEWS
